I was out working in the yard and noticed all the sticks in my bird feeder. I was going to toss the sticks until I looked inside and say the nest with those little eggs. When I cam inside I happened to turn around and noticed mama bird jump inside to care for her eggs.

Well I'll be....it never ceases to amaze me the places they choose for nests. I sure like them around, too.

beeman -

I'll echo Sharon's comment. Amazing where the wrens choose to call home. I obviously don't have any photos (kinda impossible to get at) but I had house wrens a couple years ago nest inside (down through the foramen magnum) of a cow skull I had hanging on my woodshed. Thanks for posting that, beeman!

Jack

My carport has raised several clutches this year already. The last little bird left the nest yesterday. We give it a few days then remove the nest for the next pair to come in and start building. I used to think it was only a certain time of year, it’s basically all late Spring and Summer.

Shot a riot ball through the siding on my shed thinking I’d scare the neighbors cat back to its own zip code I did not think it would penetrate the siding at 30+ yards but I was wrong. LOL Wrens have made the hole bigger over time. After I’m done rebuilding the deck on the house the shed siding gets finished next.

I plan to replace that siding with built in wren holes higher up on the walls to accommodate multiple nesting spots I need to look into their social habits to see what works the best for them.

My in laws have an outside light that they have cleaned out 2x this summer and the wrens keep refilling it back up with a new nest. For such a little bird, they work harder than beaver!

They nested three times in my welding helmet one summer. After the second nest, I put the helmet in a plastic bag, and they pecked through the bag and nested a third time.

A wren built a nest in the newspaper slot in the mailbox.

Great pictures, beeman.

I have them nesting in my potatoe patch. Cool little birds.

I remember that , Jack. I watched that wren with great happiness when all your biologist, scientist, and friends had that get together and came to see you two. That was one of my highlights of my visit...aside from you both.

I don't think I've ever seen six eggs in one nest before. My favorite bird.

HA HA HA!! They own that Feeder now!!!

Had a walmart sack with a couple paint rollers in it hanging is the garage with the door cracked they built a nest and raised a brood just couldn't shut the garage door all the way so they could feed them young . They sure make a lot of trips to the garden to fetch whatever they feed . Cool bird to watch.

There's eggs for breakfast, LOL.

They sure are nice to have around. When I was a kid they built a nest in our post hole diggers hanging upside down in the barn. Didn't have to dig with them that summer lol.